New Hampshire HB 362: prohibiting certain immunization requirements for noncommunicable diseases.

Bill Text

HB 362 - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

 25-0400

 02/05

HOUSE BILL 362

AN ACT granting the department of education rulemaking authority to require candidates to obtain passing scores on professional education assessments.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2

COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration 

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ANALYSIS

 This bill requires all candidates who seek licensure as an educator to obtain passing scores on professional education assessments.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 25-0400

 02/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT granting the department of education rulemaking authority to require candidates to obtain passing scores on professional education assessments.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 Duties of State Board of Education; Passing Score Required. Amend RSA 186:11, X(a) to read as follows:

 (a) Certification of teachers, supervisors, and administrators in the public schools. The state board shall also examine the qualifications of candidates for those positions and issue certificates to those who meet the requirements of said rules. All candidates who seek a New Hampshire license for administrator, teacher, instructional specialist or educational specialist shall obtain passing scores on professional education assessments as determined by the New Hampshire state board of education. The local school board may submit a waiver request to the department to exempt a CTE teacher under RSA 188-E from taking a professional education assessment. The department may waive such requirement on the request of the local board accompanied with the recommendation of the superintendent, principal, or CTE director. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.